I'm fine with the current system. If you like a player enough to get annoyed about losing him while bidding, acquire a 7th round pick to actually draft him. Every year there is a surplus of teams looking to simply kick their 7th rounder to a future 7th rounder, which should not be a prohibitive cost...

I'm fairly neutral on this since I rarely restructure any contracts but I would be more against than for it. This is a team benefiting decision on the players part and while some players may agree to it, I think making it an option for all is not realistic. Also, the mechanics of it would be relativ...

The Kaepernick contract is the one I was referring to as it was the biggest snag in the LTC system this year, but Foles and Stafford were also signed to significantly sub-market contracts in DFFL for the same reason as Kaepernick (but to a lesser degree). In my opinion, the LTC system should be desi...

I think the main problem right now is the QBs. With other positions a low rated starter and a backup will get relatively similar deals. But with QBs there is a large gap between what a starter makes and what a high quality backup makes. Basing a starting qb contract on 2 veteran starter contracts an...

This issue is a relatively small issue on the scale of roster building so if it is going to take a lot of work to implement I don't think it will be worth it for the overestimated half a guy per team that actually becomes useful. However, I like this idea. It seems like it will be able to clean thin...

I am against another LTC, I think it greatly depletes the market. And while the contracts that are resulting from LTC are for the most part fair now, I think the lower number of FA reaching the market is only going to ramp up spending on mid level free agents which would damage the LTC contract calc...

While getting out bid last minute is frustrating, I would not change the open nature of peak free agency mainly because to me it seems to be a function of 5 bids per 24 rule which I don't have any many problems with. In peak free agency, there are clear clumps of first thing in the morning bidders, ...

I agree with most of the points made throughout the discussion that the main problem with LTCs is that the elite players can get extremely low extensions and also that someone graded higher at the same position has the potential to get a cheaper deal that someone rated lower in the current system. I...

Say 2- or 3-year LTCs come with limited no-trade clause for the first year, 4- or 5-year LTCs have no no-trade clauses. Then the only way a team could LTC and trade someone would be if they were willing to go with 150%-200% SB LTC options where player gets more guaranteed money but doesn't have no-...

I would prefer at least a 2-year trade restriction on anyone LTC'd. It prevents signing the smallest option to trade easily and mirrors reality. If a player signs a contract extension he and the team fully expect him to stay around for a while. If a player wants moved he will test the market and if ...